Petraeus Resigns Over Affair With Biographer — David Petraeus testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Jan. 31 — The woman with whom Gen. David Petraeus was having an affair is Paula Broadwell, the author of a recent hagiographic book about him, All In: The Education of General David Petraeus.

Mitt Romney's ORCA program couldn't stay afloat — Mitt Romney's campaign boasted for the past two weeks that it would outgun President Barack Obama's team in the Democrats' area of strength — voter-targeting. It would use a state-of-the-art system called ORCA, named for the killer whale …

War opens inside Republican Party over immigration — A war has opened within the GOP over whether to embrace immigration reform in the wake of President Obama's thumping of Mitt Romney among Hispanic voters. — Conservative hero Sean Hannity said Thursday he had evolved on immigration reform …

Republicans Reconsider Positions on Immigration — After a presidential election in which Latino voters rewarded President Obama while punishing Republicans for their positions on immigration, Republican leaders and prominent conservatives moved quickly this week to shift to new ground …

Supreme Court to review key section of Voting Rights Act — The Supreme Court on Friday said it would decide the constitutionality of a signature portion of the Voting Rights Act. — The justices three years ago expressed skepticism about the continued need for Section 5 of the historic act …

Obama Says Wealthy Should Pay More in Taxes — President Barack Obama says he won't accept a plan to avert the so-called fiscal cliff that doesn't ask the wealthy to pay more in taxes. — In Saturday's radio and Internet address, Obama says the election showed support for his “balanced” …

Noonan: ‘People Are Afraid of Change’ — Republicans got complacent. Now it's time to rethink. — President Obama did not lose, he won. It was not all that close. There was enthusiasm on his side. Mitt Romney's assumed base did not fully emerge, or rather emerged as smaller than it used to be.

Hardin GOP official: ‘Maggots’ elected Obama — Texas Republicans are already using the s-word. — One party official from Southeast Texas calls for — not secession — separation. — “Why should Vermont and Texas live under the same government?” writes Hardin County Republican treasurer Peter Morrison …

Philip Roth: “I'm done” — The most decorated living American author quietly announces his retirement in an interview with a French magazine — Philip Roth is calling it a career. — In an interview with a French publication called Les Inrocks last month — which does not appear …

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